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C. Dimensions. May not exceed four (4) square feet per display face (maximum two (2) display <br />faces per sign) and not to exceed thirty-two (32) inches in height. <br />D. Location and Number of Signs. For any non-profit property currently conducting fund raising <br />activities, a maximum of one (1) sign may be placed on public property at an intersection and <br />placed so as to minimize interference with pedestrian traffic. Beyond intersections, signs are <br />not allowed on city street medians or right-of-ways, or within Foothill Expressway medians or <br />right-of-ways. <br />E. The message substitution policy of Chapter 14.68 applies to this section. <br />F. The signs authorized by this section do not require a sign permit, but are subject to all other <br />applicable permits and approvals. <br />9.26.110 - Immediate removal of signs on city property. <br />A. Removal. Any sign, flag or banner placed on city property in violation of the provisions of this <br />chapter, or any sign which constitutes an immediate peril to persons or property, may be <br />removed without prior notice by any officer or employee of the city designated to do so by the <br />director. <br />B. Charge for Cost of Removal. The city may recover the cost of removing signs as authorized by <br />this section. When the city has incurred any expense in removing the sign or other matter or in <br />repairing city property damaged because of the posting or removal of the sign or other matter, <br />any such expense incurred shall constitute a debt owed to the city. The director or designee <br />shall send a bill to the persons responsible for posting or causing to be posted the sign or <br />other matter for the actual or estimated cost of removal. The director may establish <br />administrative regulations to govern the billing procedures. Each bill shall include the cost, <br />both direct and indirect, involved in the removal of the sign or other matter and in <br />administering the billing procedure. The bill shall describe the basis of the amount billed by <br />indicating the number of signs or other matter posted illegally, the time necessary for removal, <br />the hourly cost for removal, the right to a hearing and other relevant information. The bill <br />shall also specify a date by which the bill is to be paid which date shall be not less than fifteen <br />(15) calendar days after the bill is mailed. <br />C. Post Removal Hearing Regarding Signs Summarily Removed. The owner or person in charge <br />of any lettering, advertisement, card, poster, sign or notice of any kind placed upon city <br />property, or constituting an immediate peril to persons or property, which has been removed <br />by an officer or employee of the city without prior notice to the owner or person in charge <br />pursuant to this chapter is entitled to an informal hearing to be conducted by the director or <br />designee. The request for hearing shall be made in writing to the director no later than fifteen <br />(15) calendar days from the date the director mails the billing statement specified in subsection <br />B. or within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the removal, whichever occurs first. The <br />hearing shall be limited to determining whether the lettering, advertisement, card, poster, sign, <br />notice or other matter was located upon city property in violation of the provisions of this <br />chapter or constituted an immediate peril to persons or property and the accuracy of the <br />amount billed. Upon receiving a written request for the hearing, the director shall set a hearing, <br />Updated October 2012 - 6 - <br />